THERE will be a familiar look to the first Saddleworth Players’ offering of the new decade. But while it is often thought unwise to recreate…
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Being Frank – late cast change doesn’t derail Players’ Charing Cross production
OCCASIONALLY getting a play to stage is more difficult than it looks to a first-night audience (writes Trevor Baxter). So, take a bow Saddleworth Players…
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Kissing cousins and more as Players launch new season
WITH family like Rachel Ashley who needs enemies? Twice widowed, My Cousin Rachel, is the main female character in Daphne du Maurier’s compelling story adapted…
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Sitting pretty! New-look Millgate ready to welcome audiences
THERE is no distinguishing the best seat in the house at the Millgate Arts Centre because they are all top notch. When the curtain goes…
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Bone shakers! Players plan to send ‘em home laughing with Incorruptible offering
IT has been a memorable season for Saddleworth Players with a series of acclaimed productions and close to conclusion fund raising efforts to refurbish the…
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A crime but not the punishment? Tragic Ellis story told at the Millgate
THERE has never been any doubt Ruth Ellis committed murder in April 1955, shooting lover David Blakely outside a London pub in cold blood. For…
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Mayor making – Rachael takes on challenging role for Players debut
RUTH Ellis was a good time girl from North Wales whose life ended on the end of a hangman’s noose in a London prison. Ellis…
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Remembering life of Players stalwart John Gillespie
THE curtain has come down on the life of one of Saddleworth Players’ most respected performers and members. A memorial to John Gillespie, who died…
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Little comfort for ground-breaking ‘creatures’ of the Playhouse
By John Rigby PLAYHOUSE Creatures (Millgate Arts Theatre, until February 9) is a thoughtful and sympathetic exploration into the lives and careers of the first…
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House of Oranges: Millgate turns spotlight on England’s first actresses
THERE was much more to former orange seller Nell Gwyn than her notoriety as one of King Charles II’s double-figure-numbered mistresses. She is credited, for…
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